Japanese active in social businesses to help the poor
In forming her Japanese social investment company in 2010, Satoko Kono said she knew the limitations of foreign aid, which can be a one-way street between advanced and developing nations. So she studied support mechanisms for these developing nations with her friends in management consultancy and in finance before she launched…
Neuauflage des Kommunikationssystems für Mittelständler
Im Mittelpunkt der Version 10.1 der Aastra Opencom 100, einer Telefonanlage fuer kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, steht die Integration der Videohardware Blustar 8000i. Neu ist auch eine Applikation fuer Vermittlungen mit bis zu 20 Arbeitsplaetzen. Die Aastra Opencom 100 erhaelt mit dem Blustar 8000i ein Media Phone fuer persoenliche Videokommunikation in HD-Qualitaet. Es Als…
Amdocs launches cloud-based Unified Communications offering
Provider of customer experience systems and services, Amdocs has announced the release of the cloud-based Amdocs Unified Communications service, which brings together messaging services, video and voice over IP (VoIP) calling, in a service provider-branded app. With the Amdocs Unified Communications offering, service providers can launch services to compete with…
Social Business Challenges Transforming Companies….Slowly
During our inaugural public CMSWire Google+ Hangout session in December, we chatted with experts on how social business is challenging for large companies to implement, but also how it as been successful in limited cases. CMSWire columnists Deb Lavoy, Rich Blank and Stephen Fishman shared their thoughts on how social…
Yamaha Motor Revs Up Website Performance with Progress® DataDirect®
BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global software company that simplifies and enables the development and deployment of business applications, today announced that Yamaha Motor Europe has chosen the Progress DataDirect SQL Server for JDBC driver to dramatically increase page load speeds for its dealer website and improve…
Helsinki-Based Flowdock Acquired By Rally Software
Last night the Helsinki Facebooks and Twitters were abuzz with the news that Flowdock has been acquired by Boulder, Colorado-based Rally Software. Flowdock will continue to stay as an independent product, but will be integrated more closely with AgileZen, Rally’s project management app. The financial details of the acquisition were…
Enterprise Social Adoption Challenges
I have attended IBM’s Lotusphere conference many times, but this year was a different experience. The long-familiar yellow Lotus branded signs were missing as the conference was renamed "IBM Connect." The move away from Lotus branding was expected after IBM’s recent repositioning of Lotus products, along with some new acquisitions…
Grant Thornton Selects Huddle to Support National Collaboration on GBP 200 …
LONDON–(Marketwire – Feb 14, 2013) – Grant Thornton UK LLP, the leading business and financial adviser, is using the cloud to support delivery of the 200 million GrowthAccelerator service, set up to help Britain’s brightest businesses achieve their growth potential. Using Huddle, Grant Thornton will be able to share and Spearheaded by…
Interview: Kevin Cochrane Takes on Enterprise Information Management as …
What would make the VP of Enterprise Marketing at Adobe, one of the biggest companies touting the benefits of digital marketing and customer experience, jump over to become CMO of enterprise information management company, OpenText? It’s simple fear of failure. The Road Not Taken People were surprised about Kevin’s move….
Alcatel-Lucent tapped for Vista Land’s unified communications
Single contact number for all Vista Land clients is a first in real estate Real estate developer VistaLand and Lifescapes has tapped the expertise of Alcatel-Lucent and Logic Solutions Inc. to provide and manage its unified communication system. The project is part of VistaLand’s partnership with Bayan Telecommunications under the…